The Government has pledged more than £300 million to be spent on research into dementia while all NHS staff will have to undergo training in the condition. The announcement was made by David Cameron while visiting a Dementia Friends / Alzheimer's Society event at The Clare Charity Centre in Saunderton, Buckinghamshire. The centre is located west of Thame in Oxfordshire.

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The two black boxes from flight MH17 have arrived in Farnborough six days after the crash which claimed almost 300 lives. As some of the bodies were flown to the Netherlands from the crash site in Ukraine - the Dutch government asked for the UK's help in analysing the plane's data. Kate Bunkall sends this report.

A Department for Transport spokesperson said: “We can confirm that the two black boxes from MH17 have been delivered by the Dutch Safety Board to the Air Accidents Investigation Branch at Farnborough for download.”